Sanctum Seeker
Sanctum Seeker: Creature - Vampire Knight, Foundations Jumpstart. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Vampire Knight
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 485
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
- Commander rank
- 2,303 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Sanctum Seeker
Sanctum Seeker is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 485 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever a Vampire you control attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
The Sanctum Seekers were the first of the knightly orders to cross the sea and are still the most zealous.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sanctum Seeker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Sanctum Seeker
Sanctum Seeker has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #209 | Rare | 2023 |
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #136 | Rare | 2021 |
| Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #120p | Rare | 2017 |
| Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #120s | Rare | 2017 |
| Ixalan (XLN) #120 | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Sanctum Seeker.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, Sanctum Seeker's ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you to gain 1 life.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Sanctum Seeker is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.